Occupational Radiation Exposure and Validity of National Dosimetry Registry among Korean Interventional Radiologists.

ABSTRACT: The national dose registry (NDR) contains essential information to help protect radiation workers from radiation-related health risks and to facilitate epidemiological studies. However, direct validation of the reported doses has not been considered. We investigated the validity of the NDR with a personal dosimeter monitoring conducted among Korean interventional radiologists. Among the 56 interventional radiologists, NDR quarterly doses were compared with actively monitored personal thermoluminescent dosimeter (TLD) doses as standard measures of validation. We conducted analyses with participants categorized according to compliance with TLD badge-wearing policies. A correlation between actively monitored doses and NDR doses was low (Spearman ρ = 0.06), and the mean actively monitored dose

SUBMITTER: Ko S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8071388 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature